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28 U.S.C. § 130 — Wisconsin

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28 U.S.C. § 130 — Wisconsin

Wisconsin is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the Eastern and Western districts of Wisconsin.

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Wisconsin is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the Eastern and Western districts of Wisconsin.

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28 U.S.C. § 452 — Courts always open; powers unrestricted by expiration of sessions

All courts of the United States shall be deemed always open for the purpose of filing proper papers, issuing and returning process, and making motions and orders.

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28 U.S.C. § 1404 — Change of venue

**(a)** For the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice, a district court may transfer any civil action to any other district or division where it might have been brought or to any district or division to which all parties have consented. **(b)** Upon motion, consent or stipulation of all parties, any action, suit or proceeding of a civil nature or any motion or hearing thereof, may be transferred, in the discretion of the court, from the division in which pending to any other division in the same district. Transfer of proceedings in rem brought by or on behalf of the United States may be transferred under this section without the consent of the United States where all other parties request transfer. **(c)** A district court may order any civil action to be tried at any place within the division in which it is pending. **(d)** Transfers from a district court of the United States to the District Court of Guam, the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, or the District Court of the Virgin Islands shall not be permitted under this section. As otherwise used in this section, the term “district court” includes the District Court of Guam, the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, and the District Court of the Virgin Islands, and the term “district” includes the territorial jurisdiction of each such court.

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28 U.S.C. § 130 — Wisconsin

Page 56 TITLE 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE § 129 (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 894; Pub. L. 87–699, Sept. 25, 1962, 76 Stat. 598; Pub. L. 91–272, § 4, June 2, 1970, 84 Stat. 297; Pub. L. 110–161, div. D, title III, § 308, Dec. 26, 2007, 121 Stat. 1990; Pub. L. 118–73, § 2(b), July 30, 2024, 138 Stat. 1504.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 193 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 112, 36 Stat. 1128; June 15, 1937, ch. 351, 50 Stat. 260; Dec. 28, 1945, ch. 596, 59 Stat. 661). Words ‘‘with the waters thereof,’’ after the list of counties in each division, were omitted as unnecessary, and in view of the absence of such words in most simi- lar sections relating to other States. A provision relating to the maintenance of offices by the clerks were omitted as covered by section 751 of this title. Provisions that the counties in both divisions of the eastern district included all Indian reservations in such counties and that the counties in both divisions of the western district included all Indian reservations in such counties were omitted as surplusage. (See Revis- er’s Note under section 114 of this title.) Pend Oreille County of the northern division of the eastern district and Grays Harbor of the southern divi- sion of the western district were created since the en- actment of the Judicial Code. Changes in arrangement and phraseology were made. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2024—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 118–73 inserted ‘‘Mount Vernon,’’ after ‘‘Tacoma,’’. 2007—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110–161 substituted ‘‘Bel- lingham, Seattle, Tacoma, and Vancouver’’ for ‘‘Bel- lingham, Seattle, and Tacoma’’. 1970—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 91–272, § 4(a), struck out pro- visions which had divided Eastern District into a Northern Division a

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